E. E. Boos, O. E. Brandt, D. S. Denisov, S. P. Denisov, P. D. Grannis, “The top quark (20 years after its discovery)”, UFN, 2015, Volume 185, Number 12,Pages <nobr>1241

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The top quark (20 years after its discovery)

E. E. Boos^a, O. E. Brandt^b, D. S. Denisov^c, S. P. Denisov^d, P. D. Grannis^e

^a Lomonosov Moscow State University, Skobeltsyn Institute of Nuclear Physics
^b Kirchhoff Institute of Physics, Heidelberg University
^c Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, Batavia, IL
^d Institute for High Energy Physics of National Reseach Centre 'Kurchatov Institute', Protvino, Moscow region
^e State University of New York

Abstract: This paper, written to mark the twentieth anniversary of the discovery of the top quark, offers some insight into how the understanding of this heaviest known particle has developed from prediction through search to discovery to the current knowledge of its production mechanisms and properties. The central role of the top quark in the Standard Model is considered, and the window of opportunity it opens for seeking new physics beyond the Standard Model is discussed.

PACS: 12.10.-g, 12.38.-t, 12.60.-i, 14.65.Ha

Received: September 10, 2015
Accepted: September 16, 2015

DOI: 10.3367/UFNr.0185.201512a.1241